Act 655

                                THE SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIFTH

                                          ACT

                      OF THE· PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA

                                      ENTITLED

THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003

AN ACT to amend the Electoral Commission Act, 1993 (Act 451) to provide for the function, 9f the Electoral Commission in respect of voter identity cards.

DATE OF ASSENT: 15th December, 2003 BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows:

Act 451 amended

.1. :The Electoral Commission Act, 1993 (Act451) is amended as follows:

              (a) in section 2 by the substitution for paragraph (c) of the following:

                      "(d) to undertake the preparation of voter identity cards";

(b) in section 12 subsection (1), by the substitution for paragraph (c) of the following:

"(c) the issue of voter identity cards;"

Repeal of N.R.CD. 129

2. The Identity Cards Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 129) is hereby repealed.

Date of Gazette notification: 19th December, 2003.

GOVERNMENT PRINTER, ASSEMBLY PRESS, ACCRA. GPC/A928/300/12/2003